Author(s)

Wenzheng Wu ¹, Lingmin Yuan ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, 610101, China

Corresponding Author

Lingmin Yuan

ABSTRACT

Blended learning is one of the main learning modes for college students nowadays. However, the relationship between college students' digital literacy, learning adaptability, and their academic performance in the blended learning environment has not been revealed in known studies. This study explores the impact of digital literacy on college students' academic performance, as well as the mediating role of college students' learning adaptability between the two variables. Based on previous literature, this study uses a structural equation model to verify the corresponding hypotheses and tests the mediating effect based on data from 357 participants. This study reveals that in blended learning environment, college students' digital literacy has a significant direct impact on their academic performance, college students' learning adaptability can also positively influence their academic performance, and learning adaptability plays a partially mediating role between digital literacy and academic performance in the blended learning environment. These results are discussed and provided suggestions for college students' blended learning and future research.

KEYWORDS

Digital literacy; Academic performance; Learning adaptability; College student; Mediation analysis

CITE THIS PAPER

Wenzheng Wu, Lingmin Yuan, The relationship between digital literacy and academic performance of college students in blended learning: the mediating effect of learning adaptability. Advances in Educational Technology and Psychology (2023) Vol. 7: 77-87. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aetp.2023.070813.

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